Adam Truro FIRE

Advantages: Quality results, robust, reliable
Disadvantages: Can clog with very large beans

...This coffee mill has been in near daily use since 2004 when we found it in a homeware shop in Truro. At the time, the high price (as I thought at the time) concerned me, but a colleague and real coffee afficionado had been talking to me of the benefits of a burr mill for a number of weeks. He was right in every respect. A burr mill removes the variation in the grind size that you get in a blade based mill, and the coffee is subjected to a lower heat as it passes through the mill rather than remaining in the chamber while the blades continue to chop. This apparently helps the beans keep more of the oils that give the coffee its flavour. All I can attest to is that the coffee made with this mill is better than any I made with a blade grinder. The hopper will take around 200g of beans, and unscrews to allow cleaning when you change... Read review

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Advantages: Quick and easy to use, saves washing tins
Disadvantages: Postage on goods if no shop near by.

...outweighed everything else and in 1974, he retired and handed the business over to his three sons, marking the beginning of Lakeland Plastics, the Creative Kitchenware Company. The range of products grew to include wooden, glass, ceramic and stainless steel kitchenware, as well as a range of specialist foods. The Lakeland Plastics name was no longer right, so the name was changed to Lakeland Limited in 1997. Based in Windermere and Kendal, Lakeland Limited has around 4,000 products in its range and produces around 18 catalogues each year - these are sent to over one million households around the world! There are now 30 thriving Lakeland Limited stores - with more on the way - from as far north as Aberdeen, all the way down to the tip of Cornwall in Truro. *Description* The liners are made of Non-stick quick release Baking Parchment, it is very... Read review

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Advantages: great for that iullusion of warmth from a real fire
Disadvantages: it isnt a real fire

...on a visit to my mother recently, i noticed she had a new stove in the fireplace. I had to give it a closer inspection to realise it was actually an electric fire. Having always wanted a 'real' fire, but not having a chimney in my appartment, i was very impressed with just how realistic the flame effect was on this unit. Of course when you take a close look, you can tell it is not a real cast iron stove, but it certainly gives that real fire feeling to a room, even without the heater element switched on. I saw one on offer at a local DIY store, and so i bought one for myself based on what i had seen of my mothers. The constuction is of a plastic coated sheet steel, which does a reasonable job of imitating Black cast iron finish, but it wont maintain its illusion on any close examination. The brass fittings are quite plastic looking... Read review

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